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- STAKE POCKET FOR ems;

Patented Apr. 17, 1888.

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Attorney 1 v U ITED STATES PATENT OF -ice.v

CHARLES'T. soHoEN, or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA. j

' STAKE-POCKET FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent 1%. 381,174,;1atedApri1 1-7,1888'.

I l I Application filed January 21,1888. Serial No.261,483. (No modoLiSo an whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. SGHOEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inStake-Pockets for Cars, of which the following is a full, clear,

' and exact description.

The pockets or holders to receive andsus tain in useful position thestakes used upon i the sides of platform or flat cars for railwaysheretofore, so far as I am aware, have been made as iron castings ofgreat weight, and consequently constituting a very considerable item ofexpense in car construction. I These stakeholders are subjected in useto enormous strain,

and hence must of necessity be very strong.

' I have. demonstrated that wrought metalsuch as Bessemer steel andother steels low in carbon-in the form of sheets or plates-saythree-sixteenths of an inchthick andweighing I about four andahalfpounds'to the pocket-- can be employed practically and successfully infulfilling all the conditions of strength and durability-in astake-pocket equally withcastiron,and at less cost per pocket forproduction, and obviously of less weight. In producing such pockets ofwrought metal, whether iron or steel,I prefer, from aneconomicstandpoint,

to use the die;forging process, though I' do not limit myinvention toany process ormeans of producing the pockets.

My invention, therefore, consists of astakepocket of wrought metal,constructed-with flanges or beads to strengthen, r'e-enforce, or

' brace it, and also with projections,preferably in the form of beads,to receive the medium used to secure the pocket or holder to the carsecure the pocket to the car, as in Figs. 1, 2,

and 4, I form near each end of the pocket pairs of parallel beads orribs a, extending on the three sides of the body of the pocket toreceive such clips and prevent their displacement and the slipping ordriving out from the in'the pocket. These ribs or beads serve alsotore-enforceor strengthen the pocket, or to the strain of the stake. v vis used, as in Figs. 3 and 5, then only one pair of beads is used,-andthese are usually arranged The edges of the pocket likewise may be proFig's. l, 2, and 3,01, instead of beads orribs, flanges c, as in Fig. 4,may be used, or the tend clear across the pockets.

one to use curved instead of angular clips.

Theflanges d are provided with the usual holes, e, for the passage ofthe clips.

l I do'not limit my i diums. V

The'particular art of making stake-pockets from wrought metal inaccordance with my for making stake-pockets for cars.

What I claim is'- wrought metal and having edge beads orflan'gesfor'bracing the same, and also provided dium employed forfastening the pocket to the and Prevent p ment, substantially asdescribed. w

stantially as described.

about midway between the ends OfthQPOGkGb-w end beads or flanges may beomitted, as in Fig.

nvention to these forms of pockets, but include in it all forms whichmay be made of sheet or plate-metal bydie-forging or analogousmetal-working processes or me- 1.- A stake pocket or holder constructedof 2. A stake-pocket struck up from'sheet metal and formed withre-enforcing beads or flanges, which serve also to receive the strap Ior clip for securing the pocket to the car, subclips of the pocket whenthe stake is-inserted stiffen it," and to increase its resistance to thetendency to spread or become distorted under,-

When onlyone cl1'p f p videdwith re-enforcing beads or ribs b, as instrength. The beads or flanges preferably e'x- As shown in Fig. 2, themetal bet-ween the ribs a may be bowed outwardly, so as to enable 8.5 Iinvention forms the subject of my application forpatent-of even-dateherewith entitled dies I V I withprojections to hold in position theme-I 3. A stake pocket or holder forrailway-cars, V

constructed of sheet metal and having or flanges, which additionallyserve toreceive strengthening beads or flanges on its edges, the mediumemployed for fastening the pocket and a suitable number of intermediatebeads to the car and prevent displacement, substanor flanges, which, inaddition to re-enforoing tially as described. I5

5 the pocket or holder, also serve to receive the In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set fasteniing bands or clips, substantially as de my handthis 20th day of January, A. D. 1888. scribe 4. Astake pocket or holderconstructed of CHARLES SCHOEN' wrought metal and having edge beads orflanges Witnesses: 10 for bracing the same, and also having a suit- WM.H. LEWIS,

able number of pairs of strengthening beads EDWIN A. SOHOEN.

